PROJECT 10 PAN

Have you been buying way too many beauty products lately? Is your vanity overflowing with way too much clutter? If you haven't heard of the Project 10 Pan (which I believe started on Youtube, that's where I heard about it!), let me briefly describe what it is. You select 10 (or however many you'd like) products, whether it's makeup, skincare, hair products or all. You must finish these 10 products in its entirely (or "hit pan", where you have used so much of the product that you see the bottom of the "pan") before you are allowed to buy new makeup products. This really helps with appreciating what you have rather than buying more and more things, leaving older products you have to sit in the dust! *There are also exceptions, for example, if you run out of concealer... you can allow yourself to purchase another concealer even if you haven't completed the Project 10 Pan.

Is anyone else doing a Project 10 Pan?! I definitely needed to control myself after IMATS LA and tons of Sephora gift cards for my birthday and the recent UD sale! So, I started up my Project 10 Pan again two weeks ago! I'm determined not to be good and stick with it!

Here are my items that I've chosen for my Project 10 Pan:

1. Sephora Mineral Foundation Powder in Medium 25 - I've had this since March and I'm barely half way!! I use this daily.

2. Sephora Lip Gloss in Pink Ballerina - about half way through.

3. Clinique Lip Gloss in Bamboo Pink - about half way through.

4. NYX Lip Gloss in Beige - still have more than 3/4 of the product left!

5. Stila Liquid Eye Liner in Black - I'll finish this in about a month or so.

6. BADgal Lash - I have about half a month left til I need to throw it out.

7. L'oreal Voluminous Mascara - still have about 2 months til I need to throw it out.

8. Maybelline One by One Mascara - will be throwing this out in a couple weeks.

9. UD Primer Potion - I have two small samples, but I really don't know how long they will last!

10. ELF Blush in Tickled Pink - I haven't even hit pan with this!

and any of my UD eye shadows in my Naked palette, which I haven't even hit pan with!

This will definitely take a long time to complete, but I'm okay with that because I really need to save my money and just enjoy what I have!

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i love this! I so need to do this...

it's going to be hard listing things that i could reasonably finish. (as i wrote in the thread about finishing products, i haven't ever!) i guess it doesn't help to help a ton of makeup, and i wear makeup like once a month. ugh

1. too faced primed & poreless bronze tint (i have a few samples & a full size - i want to finish the samples!)

2. clinique high impact mascara (i have two sample sizes, i think 1 is at the 3 month mark!)

Everything I just listed is pretty much 1/2 full still or more (except the makeup remover). My husband actually helped with this list too...he wants me to use stuff up before I get more! (I'm like a magpie; I like sparkly pretty things.)

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That sounds like a great idea! I have never heard of a "project 10 pan" but I have been doing this the last few weeks anyway! Here are my 10 items that I am completely happy with using everyday until they are completely spent.

1. Dior Gloss Show in Charlotte Moka

2. Benefit Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation in Original

3. Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in RSVP

4. Sibu Beauty Sea Buckthorn Facial Soap

5. Sibu Beauty Sea Buckthorn Facial Cleanser

6. ClickR Stop Time Night Cream

7. Mario Badescu Whitening Mask

8. Thayers Alcohol Free Toner in Original

9. Avalon Organics Lavender Scrub

10. TheBalm Mary Loumanizer

I am on a September No Buy but even after that I am putting myself on an infiniti no buy on things I already have. I will only buy something that I am *completely* out of. If I'm out of a long time favorite lipstick I wont buy another if I have one lying around somewhere.

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I just completely ran out of my Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in RSVP. I do have a brand new backup, but I've decided that I want to use another color now...I've been wearing this same one everyday until I wiped the jar clean. I am also half way through my second compact of Benefit Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation ( I LOVE this stuff...but I cant make it last more than 3 weeks!) And I am on my second bottle of Thayers Toner. Here is my original list :

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jxw200---Suprisingly, it isnt too hard for me to stick to the same regime until I'm out of the product because thats what I usually do. Plus, even though *I* think I have more than enough makeup, its nothing compared to everyone else on this board haha!

I'm almost out of my Dior Creme de Rose Lipbalm...about 1/5 left and I'm on my second Sibu Beauty Complexion Soap.

I have been straying with my scrub though...so I have to stop that and get back to mine! ( which I also LOVE!)

6. Chanel Eclat Lumiere (all done; had to get another since this is definitely HG stuff)

7. UD Eyeshadow Potion Primer in Eden

8. UD Afterglow Cheek Tint in Fetish

9. Clinique Fresh Bloom Allover Color in Peony

10. Origins Modern Friction Facial Scrub

So...we're now going to put the Algenist Renewal Eye Balm in for the All About Eyes Rich and finish off the Laura Mercier Undercover Pot, plus finish up the Clinique High Lengths and Amplified Lash mascaras (both are getting a little clumpy, probably near to 4-5 months at this point. Clinique moreso than Buxom.)

6. DiorSkin Nude Hydrating Concealer (expiry date coming up in a couple of months, should be using this up!)

7. UD Eyeshadow Potion Primer in Eden

8. UD Afterglow Cheek Tint in Fetish

9. Clinique Fresh Bloom Allover Color in Posy

10. Origins Modern Friction Facial Scrub (less than 1/2 of the jar left)

Plus I just had to toss my Clinique High Lengths Mascara and the LM deluxe sample of Full Blown Volume Mascara...they're clumpy. Also finished my Clinique Sparkle Skin Exfoliating Scrub (jar) and am getting really close to finishing the Clinique Mild Liquid Soap and Clarifying Lotion. Probably another week or so on those.

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Just ran out of my Avalon Organics scrub ( LOVE IT) and I only have a couple of uses left in my Sibu Beauty Cleanser ( considering how small the bottle is, I'm beyond shocked that it lasted me just as long or longer than any of my other cleansers do). 4 out of 11 is progress right?

The next anticipated item to get used up completely would be... the mascaras. Then my Sephora lip gloss or the concealer. It's a longgg shot for the rest of the items! I'm okay with that, I'm counting on Xmas for any new makeup treats =)

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@brandiandi: I hear you on that! Especially since the VIB 20% is going on this weekend...and it's my birthday too! Going to desperately try NOT to go nuts. This is why I purposely didn't do the no-buy this month.

Katie: Hardest part? Has to be finishing makeup products, for me. All my skincare stuff seems to go at the same time! Let's check out my list:

1. Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 in Bare Radiance (This is going to end up being tossed or used when spring comes...it's not matching my skin tone at this point. Neck and face don't match!)

2. Laura Mercier Undercover Pot (concealer's about wiped clean. I use the camoflage occasionally for dark circles, but not often.

The setting powder in the bottom is almost gone though)

3. Clinique Rinse Off Foaming Cleanser(done!)

4. Nars Orgasm/Laguna Blush/Bronzer Duo

5. Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder (seriously, I can barely see any now.)

10. Origins Modern Friction Facial Scrub (less than 1/2 of the jar left)

What's really funny is my Clinique Turnaround Night is half done, my Laser Focus is more than half done, my Origins Plantidote serum is 3/4 done (and it's expensive!) and my liquid soap and clarifying lotion are on their last uses (I have backups of those!) It's true...my skincare really DOES go all at once! I'm sure there's more...I need to get more cotton balls too.

Anyway, that means I need to put more stuff on the list! Let's put my Clinique Naturally Gentle Eye Makeup Remover on there, Clinique Take It All Off Cleansing Balm, and then as soon as that brightening powder is done, we'll put the Laser Focus up there. Might as well put stuff that I KNOW will be used up at some point for some gratification here, right? RIGHT?!

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hahaha! I'm never gonna finish my 10 pan if I keep adding stuff! Then I'll never be able to allow myself to shop and I want to splurge the second I finish my November No Buy. I added an 11th item and now I wish I didnt because now it will take me longer to complete it...what are the rules again? No buying anything until the 10 pan is complete? Yeah...I'm not gonna be able to make good on that haha. My goal is to complete 5 out of 11 items before December, that way I can shop guilt free and I'm almost there!

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@brandiandi i agree, all those f&f sales are such a tease! even forever 21 had one! ahh!

@sephoramusthave yes, i feel the same way. it feels good to finish products up, but some days/weeks i just want to venture out and wear something else i've rediscovered! the rules can really be up to you. i see it more as finishing up 10 products in its entirety. im all for swapping products out or adding more products because you're still finishing up 10 products.

@waterbaby i noticed i finish up skincare products more quickly, too!! i should have thrown in some skincare products to my list... but i made it strictly makeup!

i think the most challenging part for me is finishing up my products since i've had them for about 8 months to one-year MAX. thats why i've only finished up 3 mascaras and a liquid eye liner pen so far.

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I tried to keep things 50/50....I think I have 5 makeup items and 6 skincare. If I made it all makeup it would take me forever to finish up just half of the list. I never worry about finishing up skincare products on time. I either like them or not. If I dont I give them away or trash them and if I do they get finished up completely. There's nothing in my bathroom right now that I dont like. I do have more skincare than I *need* thats for sure, but all of them will get used up.

My original plan was to not make any makeup/skincare purchases (unless needed) until I completed the 10 pan 100%. But the holidays are coming up, and I've been on back to back no buys lately...and I've hit pan on all my makeup items...and...